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Watch This Video: Creating Great Places

Centers and corridors are the anchors of healthy connected neighborhoods — concentrating convenient and essential amenities within a compact, walkable area. Did you know that neighborhood hubs like Multnomah Village, Kenton and Montavilla are centers, along with the more obvious town centers like Hollywood and St Johns and the regional center at Gateway?

And corridors? You guessed it: Sandy, Powell and Barbur Boulevards, MLK/Grand and SE Division are just some examples of bustling main streets and thoroughfares, with lots of businesses, mixed use development and access to good transit.

Preserving Single-Family Neighborhoods

Centers and corridors used to be called “nodes and noodles.” You can see why when you look at a map; lots of lines and circles surrounded by residential areas. Concentrating population and business growth in these higher intensity places preserves single-family neighborhoods while providing access to goods and services to more people who live in or near more compact development.

It’s a growth management strategy that has helped make Portland the livable, walkable city it has become. It’s how Portland has become such a great place to live, work and play.

Portlanders Tell All

Now you can learn more about what makes cities like Portland such great places. In this third episode of the Centers and Corridors video series, you’ll watch Portlanders from all over the city share what they love about their center or corridor — and what they’d like to see improved. Hear from Mayor Charlie Hales, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability Director Susan Anderson, local business owners, community leaders and residents as they talk about how the Comprehensive Plan and Centers and Corridors strategy can help fill in the gaps in our neighborhoods and bring the “ingredients” of vibrant places to all Portlanders.